1997 Faber Grand Prix – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Faber Grand Prix
1996 Champions	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko
Champions	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Runners-up	Larisa Savchenko Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Score	4–6, 6–3, 7–6

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.

Savchenko and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the final 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 against Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Larisa Savchenko / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (final)
2. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (champions)
3. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (first round)
4. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	L Savchenko B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
	Q	A Roesch J Wöhr	4	4				1	L Savchenko B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7
		E Martincová A-G Sidot	2	4					Å Carlsson F Perfetti	1	6
		Å Carlsson F Perfetti	6	6											1	L Savchenko B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
	3	Y Basuki C Vis	2	1												F Labat E Likhovtseva	2	2
		S Farina B Schett	6	6					S Farina B Schett	3	6
		E Callens A Ellwood	5	3					F Labat E Likhovtseva	6	7
		F Labat E Likhovtseva	7	6																		1	Larisa Savchenko Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6	3	6
		B Rittner D Van Roost	6	6																		2	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	4	6	7
		L Golarsa C Singer	2	4					B Rittner D Van Roost
		R Dragomir I Majoli	7	7					R Dragomir I Majoli	w/o
	4	S Appelmans M Oremans	5	6												R Dragomir I Majoli	3	3
		E Melicharová H Vildová	4	4											2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		T Križan N van Lottum	6	6					T Križan N van Lottum	0	2
		A Huber W Probst	4	1				2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
	2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6

External links

• 1997 Faber Grand Prix Doubles Draw